Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Quotes

“What do you remember? he asked Maurice. I was circus ape, Maurice said. I did tricks. I did tricks, Koba said. Not for circus. For little pictures. Not understand. Koba tried to explain. After a while, Maurice scratched his head. We had little screens in our prison, he said. Had small humans. Sometimes apes. Maybe I saw you. Why did they do this? Koba wondered. Make us do tricks for them, wear clothes? Humans think apes funny when they act like stupid humans, Maurice explained. Why? Koba asked. It took so long for Maurice to answer that Koba thought that he had refused to do so, or had forgotten the question, perhaps lost in a reverie of his own. But finally the orangutan lifted his hands. I think maybe they hate themselves, he said.”
― Greg Keyes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm

“reaction. A uniform did not signify safety. Usually, in his experience, it was quite the opposite.”
― Greg Keyes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm

“Penitence is nothing but a form of self-indulgence. Some things you cannot wash from your hands, and there’s no use in trying.” He”
― Greg Keyes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm

“He remembered a story he had once heard, about a god who had three sons—Whiteman, Blackman, and Gorilla. Blackman and Gorilla sinned against their father, and so the god took his favored son Whiteman to the west, along with all of his wealth, which Whiteman inherited. Gorilla and his kin went to live in the forests. Blackman remained where he was born, but was impoverished, yearning for the wealth inherited by Whiteman.”
― Greg Keyes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm